Authorities said a new operations
command will establish a base at Camp Ashraf, after the last Mujahedeen
al-Khalq residents have transferred
to Camp Liberty in Baghdad. The Tigris Operations Command will employ Interior
Ministry forces from Diyala and Kirkuk provinces. Critics, particularly Kurds,
have already noted that the controversial command is unnecessary and called it
a further attempt on the part of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to undermine
Kurdish power in the region. The last Iranian exiles to leave the camp claimed
they were harassed and subject to unnecessary security screening before the
move.

Meanwhile, at least five Iraqis were killed and 23 more
were wounded in new attacks.